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(noun) Something done, a deed. Example: "an act of goodwill"

26 QUOTES
"Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”"
— Marcus Aurelius
"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."
— Marcus Aurelius
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act."
— Plato
"If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."
— Rumi
"System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage."
— George Washington
"We can change the world with one act of kindness a day."
— Jessica Pickard
"If I look at the mass I will never act."
— Mother Teresa
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Men argue. Nature acts."
— Voltaire
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